The Thursday letters page is worried about what Epic Games’ layoffs mean for the rest of the industry, as one reader takes issue with the way Metacritic works. Games Inbox is a collection of our ...

In celebration of Castlevania's 40th anniversary, Konami has announced Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, a new stylized 2D Castlevania game co-developed by Evil Empire and Motion Twin. It's due out in ...

Born in the 8-bit era, raised by the 16-bit era, and perfected by the 32-bit era, Cory's roots grew from the likes Sonic the Hedgehog and Mega Man to the world of Resident Evil and Castlevania. Owning ...

TL;DR: God of War: Sons of Sparta is a new 2D action platformer from Mega Cat Studios and Santa Monica Studio, exploring Kratos' youth with pixel art, combat, and exploration. Available now on PS5 for ...

The Dark Souls franchise is the stuff of legend. A virtually flawless series of games so influential that an entire genre, Soulslikes, sprung up to meet the overwhelming demand of gamers who could not ...

Onikura is a 2D platforming boss-rush action game built around lightning-fast slashes and surgically precise parry actions. Every clash is a battle for survival—attack, parry, heal, and consume souls ...

Get started with Java streams, including how to create streams from Java collections, the mechanics of a stream pipeline, examples of functional programming with Java streams, and more. You can think ...

Mojang has dropped some huge news for Minecraft Java players - especially those that love to mod. While the modding scene is already thriving in Minecraft, it's not as accessible as you'd expect for ...

It’s been 39 years since the tale of Erdrick’s descendant was told for the first time. It’s a story about dragons, princesses, and heroes, and after all these years, it’s still capable of showing the ...

Super Mario Bros. 2 is seen as the black sheep of Mario games series. Released in 1988 for the NES and in 1992 for Japan, some players were sure they had played it before. They’d be correct, as the ...

With JDK 25, Java reaches another Long-Term Support (LTS) milestone — and for enterprises, that makes this release unavoidable. Oracle’s licensing terms for JDK 21 will soon expire, creating a ticking ...